Katie Ledecky won her 16th gold medal. This surpassed Michael Phelps’ record. She won the 800-meter freestyle in a time of 8:08.87. After capturing her 16th gold medal on Saturday, American star swimmer Katie Ledecky overtook Michael Phelps’ record for the most individual world swimming medals in a career. Ledecky also made swimming history by … Read more
Swimming’s governing body adds an extra edition of its long-course world championships. Covid pandemic caused chaos with swimming’s world championships now held in odd-numbered years. Russia and Ukraine will be there but their form is a mystery. After three years in turbulent waters, swimming starts to regain some stability with an extra edition of its … Read more
With a strong 200m freestyle victory at the US trials on Wednesday, Katie Ledecky stamped her ticket to a second individual event at the 2022 World Championships. Ledecky, the 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the 200m freestyle, swam 1min 55.15sec to win by nearly two seconds over 15-year-old Claire Weinstein (1:57.08). Ledecky’s time placed her … Read more
Swimming superpowers Australia and the United States will clash in a “Duel inside the Pool” with Ariarne Titmus and Katie Ledecky renewing their Olympic contention, it turned into an introduced Wednesday. Each state can have a squad of 30 competing in Sydney on August 19-21, reprising a blockbuster occasion closing held in 2007. Australia and … Read more
